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Designing customized individua and Group Retirement products. Thats why were your. Retirement compa Additional Support has been provided by and by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. From the tisch wnet studios at Lincoln Center in new york, hari sreenivasan. Sreenivasan good evening,oi and thanks forng us. New zealand is in mourning after the deadliest terror attack in the countrys history. At least 49 people were shot ana killtwo mosques in new zealands thirdlargest city of christchurch during friday prayer services. Hundreds of mourners paid their respects at the site of the first shooting, the al noor mosque. Others laid flowers at a msmorial site near the hospital where many victire being treated for injuries. Several are still in critical erndition. Today, family meidentified some of the victims, including a threeyearold child and a 71 yearold man. Memorials were also held around the world. In pakistan, people gathered for a vigil, and the foreign minister confirmed that six pakistanis were among the dead, includina father and son. The suspect in the terror attack appeared in court saturday morning, where he was charged with murder and ordered to return april 5. The judge ordered the mans face blurred in video released to the media. Before he launched his aacks, the gunman emailed a long manifesto to Media Outlets and government officials and used multiple social media platforms to distribute his racist and hatefilled messages. Joining me now for a discussion about the medias role and responsibility are Charlie Warzel, opinion writeratlarge for the n york times; and from boston, joan donovan, director of the technology and social change Research Project at Harvard Universitys Shorstein Center on media, ielitics and public policy. Charlie warzel chaarzel joan Donovan Technology and social change Research Project charlie, let me start with you. Be streamed live,e or torture unfortunately, in our modern what waferent about this is diera. In my mind, t premeditated nature and sort of rather meticulous planning that wnt into setting up, you know, a couple of twitter accountses that were crated earlier this month to show pictures of some of the weapons that the shooter used, some of the body armor, to set up links to this manifesto, to a couplef other documents. So theres this, you know, this idea of not only is this attgoak g to be live streamed, but theres going to be a trail for people to follow. The things inside that are goinn to be sort oneered to sew discord to start fights, to provoke, and to get the media, obviously as we are all doing to pick up on this. Sreenivasan joan, whkin is kind of engineering, asnd charlie mentioned, how do we stop the spread of this . Yo called yesterday for the phrase i think is strategic silence. How do we do that . Yeah, so my Research Really centers on the ways in which the press has interacted with White Supremacists since the 1920s. Thats one of the thii research. I think journalists responsibility has been heightened by the fact which shifts the burden actually for strategic amplification to Platform Companies. And although the Platform Companies have been saying fo years, were trying, were trying, in moments like this we ed results. Sreenivasan charlie, how do we the idea that we are c actualtributing to amplifying this signal. So how do we report on it which is sti importaut in a way that doesnt fall into ing trap that joan is lay ou i think its a massive challenge. But i think, in my own reporting, something that ive tried to do is to talk mu more about the mechanics and the idea of manipulation, how these platforms are being leveraged, demonstrating, walking readers, listeners,iewers through how Something Like this takes place, how it was engined to get to you fall into those traps and not focusing on the actual message of hate and violence is something that not only takes away the power the an ext like, that but also lays sort of bare the philosophy and hel you sort of guard against it in further becreause theill be more of these types of things. Sreenivasan joan donovan, ive also seen some critique last night saying, hey, you know, what . If this was a muslim shooter, and if he or she had t out a manifesto like this, the f. B. I. And everyone else would go through every single paragraph, look at every possible inspiration, whether its a video game, its a person, its a politician, and lay the blame squarely at their feet. Are we giving is instance some sort of a double standard . I dont think so. Ive seen a lot of people trying to hold the language used the Trump Administration accountable for the way in which pople are starting to understandia islamoph antisemitism, as well as, you know, this word invasion has come up more than a few times. And, you know,ere dealing here with this manifesto in a very, like, tired White Nationalist Conspiracy Theory nabout white geocide and the depletion of the white race. This this exists online everywhere for all to see. Like, its on every platform. It just hasnt been amplied to this degree because of the violence that was perpetrated in the name of thedeology. And the point about Law Enforcement or the f. B. I yeah, we do know that the u. S. Government is looking lesand less at, you know, White Nationalist groups in the u. S. , wed i think thats a really big problem. Re watching this burgeoning movement that all movements have ebbs and flows. Hen movements are in moments of success, theresot of fracture. The coalition tends to break apart. And so, an event like this could actually galnize or reanimate a movement. And so im very happy to see that journalists are not calling upheir, you kw, any neonazi that they can find and giving them a new place to air their ideology. I think is also difficult is, you know, i really want to talk about strategic silence in relationship to white supremacist ideology. Its not always the case that we need to treat every single badg that happens online as the same thing. I think for White Supremacists and White Nationalists or white identity extremists, we need to have a very concerted strategy that focuses in on the actors and the influencers. Sreenivasan joan donovan from harvard university. And Charlie Warzel withhe new york times. Thank you. Thanks. Sreenivasan french investigators today began studying the cockpit vce recorder from the Ethiopian Airlines jet that crashed last sunday, killing all 157 people on board. Frances air Accident Investigation Agency released a orphoto showing the data rr intact but damaged, and said it is also continuing to examine the flight recorders. Boeings 737ax 8 planes remain grounded as investigators look for similarities to a lionir crash in indonesia last october that killed all 189 people on board. Ethiopian airlines is planning to hold a Memorial Service for victims of last sundays crashow tomon addis ababa. To learn how you can help in tht afteof fridays terrorist attack in new zealand, visit www. Pbs. Org newshour. Sreenivasan for people wit disabilities, one of the most difficult jobs is actually getting a job. Ng in fact, accoro the u. S. Labor department, only around 30 of people with disabilities are currently employed. And one barrier to looking for and keeping employment might not be so obvious clothing. Uniforms and Office Attire often arent designed with disabilities in mind. But as newshour weekends Megan Thompson reported this past fall, one ogram at the Parsons School of design here in new york city is trying to change l that, training Fashion Designers to think more inclusively and pushing the industry to change. Reporter every morning, Christina Mallon picks out an outfit for her job at a Marketing Firm in new york. Mallon loves fashion and wants to look her st, but deciding what to wear isnt the biggest issue. For the last eight years, slowly, both my arms and shoulders became paralyzed. They dont exactly know what i have. They think its motor disease, most similar to a. L. S. Reporter when mallons muscles began to atrophy, her old clothes noonger fit or became too difficult for her to put on by herself. Fashion is a way toxpress your soul and your personality. So, and me being a fashionista since i was a child, it was ve difficult that i couldnt wear my remaining clothing because i felt like a part of my identity was dying. Reporter mallon went online and looked at othes designed for people with a disability, but what she found was disappointing. I colors that i would never wear. A lot of fleeces, nothing fitted, a lot of velcro. And that just wasnt me. It just made me really upset that i didnt even want to go out of the house. Reporter then, last year, mallon found someone who could help. Our mission has always been to make style accessible. Reporter grace jun leads open style lab, a nonprofit based at the Parsons School of design in new york, one of the nations premier fashion institutes. The lab runs a Summer Program that trains participants to create clothing that ise inclusd accessible. One out of five people identify having a disability ine the united s which means d eres a whole untapped market thats marginalid havent en addressed. Reporter Christina Mallons team made her a stylish coat, free of charge. And being able to put a coat on by myself was the dnce between me having enough confidence to go to work. And things like that hpae such a big that people dont understand. Welco, welcome. Reporter newshour weekend followed open style labs tenme week sprogram from day one, to see how it works. Lack of accessible clothing is a barrier to greaterpe inence. Reporter the participants were divided into teams. Each has a desner and an engineer. I want you to hold it all the way in your palm. Reporter plus, theres an occupational or physical therapist. They worked with residents ofth riverside premier rehabilitation and Healing Center in manhattan. The first task . Getting to know the residents needs. Sweatertype material is hard e put on because its bulky. Reporter roxssette had a stroke and is working to regain the use of her right arm. Id like to use it again, and i dont use it at all. Reporter being unable to dress ones self is a big part of the lost independence that disability can cause. Roxie tells her team she gets frustrated waiting for an aide every morning to come help her get dressed. And so, were going to find a piece of clothing that shesto goine able to get on independently, without assistance from her caregiver. M i get t, the pants up. Reporter ada stewart has severe rheumatoid arthritis. Her team learned that it took her a full eight minutes to pull on a pair of sweatpa they set about engineering something easier for her to pint pout. Shother resident has parkinsons disease. Gets cold easily and has pain and weakness in her arms. Wanda loves music and singing, and she told her team her favorite memory wa aonce performiamateur night at the apollo. So, they decided to create a rock roll Leather Jacket that she can over her head, which is less painful than pulling on from behind. The teams must rethink typical garment construction, everything from design to materials. Roxies team itrying to figure out how to make a wrap dress that she can put on using only one arm. Hand through the sleeve. Hand through the sleeve. Reporter roxie typically required a lot of help getting dressed, but she managed to pul on a prototypeis dress almost completely by herself. For people with paralysis or limited dexterity, fasteners like buttons or zippers can be difficult. Roxies team tried magnets, but it tned out they didnt work that well, either. It was sticking to the wheelchair, and it made it difficult to maneuver the garment. And so, we hadtho eliminate. Blue is for your arms, and pink is for your head. Reporter the teams visited se clients regularly to out the garments and make sure they fit. How does that feel . I dont know. Like, its still tight. Reporter as the summer went on, ada stewarts outfit slowly took shape. The team tested different types of pleats for the pants lld devised a system that will gather up the pants for her, making it easier to get her feet in. Nice and warm. Look at th pockets reporter adas hands get cold, so the team placed the pockets on her lap, where her hands naturally lay. I love it. Its going to be good. My advise vaes is to remembei that your disality is an honor not a burden. Reporter in 2016, Tommy Hilfiger became the first major Fashion Designer to launch a line for people with disabilities. He says, for him, its personal. I learned through having children with special needs that autistic children sometimes dont necessarily have the dexterity to button buttons and zipper zippers. And we are very well aware of the fact that wearing something great affects your selfesteem. Reporter the line is called tommy adaptive, and it includes pieces for ildren and adults. What is great about this is, you dont have to worry about buttoning the button. Tou dont have to worry ab zipping the zipper. Magnet and velcro. This is an example of, like, a mens shirt. Magnetized. Its the same quality, its the same fabric, and same design as we offer to everyone else. Reporter others epping up, too. Last year, targets cat and njack childrens line be offering adaptive clothing thats also sensory friendly, no uomfortable tags or rough seams that could bother a child with a senry processing issue. Its the type of progress open style lab is pusng for. Theres a Huge Consumer set that has just been ignored. It just makes sense for brands to care. Reporter in midaugust, with just a few days to go, the teams were busy finishing up their pieces for the final showcase where they would present their work. On the day of the big event, the residents of riverside rehabilitation traveled to parsons in their new garments. Roxie gassette in her wrapes hi thank you reporter ada stewart in her jumpsuit ada you look so good this is the most. The bestd reporter aanda rosario in her rock roll jacket. Room and celebrated their accomplishments. Creating clothes that were fashionable and functional, raising the awarenesbout the importance of inclusivity, and bringing the joy of style tr evyone. Sreenivasan according to the world bank, about 15 of the worlds population experience ecme sort of disability. That number is ed to rise as the population ages. But more than ever, technology is helping to improve independence and accessibility for people with disabilities, and the advent of 3d Printing Technology is accelerating that progress. Just this month, ia furniture announced a partnership with nonprofits for their ne3d addons to make their furniture accessiblefriendly. In canada, that technology allowed a canadian outdoorsman who lost a physical ability tote cr device to help him find it again. Earlier this year, newshour weekends Christopher Booker brought us his story. R eporter this trail in the Canadian Rockies is known to locals by the name bragging rights. Riding it takes a mixture ofcr stamina aneativity and a tiny pinch of crazy doesnt hurt either. The trail is nearly two heart pumping mis of rocks, roots and narrow passages through the foothills of the canadian ary,ies just outside of ca alberta. But for christian bagg, riding these trails is Something Else entirely freedom. And its all because of his basementborn invention that he calls the bowhead reach. I could exercise, but i struggled finding something that was just fun. Reporter as a youn the alberta native took full advantage of the outdoor wonderland that is the Canadian Rockies. Then cama catastrophic day during the winter of 1996. I was in a big air competition, and i landed the wrong end up. I knew instantly that i ras zed. I couldnt walk, i couldnt feel anything. Reporter the fall had broken three of christians vertebrae and partially severed his spinal cord. The nerves were connected in such a way that like, my lghs, my legs ththings were going on. So, they wou spasm, like, wildly all the time, like, to the point where it would pull my hips out of their sockets. It was horrible. So, for about two years after i broke my back, i lived a life that no 21yearold should live. Like, i couldnt work. I was on tons of drugs. I had to sleep in the fetal position. Otherwise, my legs would, like, kick out and shake. Reporter this agony lasted two years, until a surgeon made a dramatic suggestion he could sever the remaining part of ggs spinal cord, the procedure would end the muscle spasms, but al eliminate any chance, however small, that the young man might ever walk again. I so, we did it and i woke up and no spasms anarted my life, my new life that day. All that was wrong was me was that was that i was paralyzed. And it was, like, amazin reporter bagg spent his new life much as he did the old. Tdoors. Immersing himself into the world of adaptive sports. He learned how to cross countrye sitski, h sky diving and became an avid rock climber. But he says he longs to be back moving through the mouain trails on his own. I wanted to be able to venture and adventure, as opsed to knowing that something was always going to be okay for me. O reporter at the timef his injury, bagg was training to become a professional machinist, learning how to build custom parts for the university of calgarys engineering department. But he also brought these skills home, setting up his own pe basement. Shop in his so, when did you start thinking about the bowhead . Reporter pretty early. Like, five years after i was injured, i started thinking about how to gbi Back Mountain ng. Reporter for years, he built different iterations of what would become the bowhead reach. Nearly 25 different versions of the bike, all performing wit limited success. Buttwo years ago, his basem experiments took a giant leap forward with the arrival of a 3d printer. It dramacally accelerated his ability to prototype and test new components. What used to take weeks to build by hand could now be printed in a matter of hours. All these pieces here have beent 3dp . Th everything black, yeah, which reporter is is a carbon fiber . Yeah, so its its a carbon filled nylon. Ut the real breakthrough wasnt printing. It was discip. Oh, no endure the mountain terrain,h e bike had to be rigid but hitting rocks and stumpwith a stiff frame, christian often ended up, upside down. Developing wt he calls an articulating framework, something that allows the bike to lean as the rider moves their torso, the front wheels function like knee joints. So, if one area of the tround is highhan the other, the bikes maintains lance. So, if you hit a tree stump or rock, the bike wont tip over. When i that breakthrough of it working, then other people sort of recognized that this was cool and neat. P reporter oson who noticed was j. P. Middleton. Last march, middleton went skiing in the very same mountain wheres christian had crashed all those years ago. T i wf a cat track at pretty high speed and there was a little lip at the end id it that i dnt anticipate and when i came to a stop, i, you know, couldnt feel my legs anymore, so. Reporter the 36yearold e. M. T. And volunteer firefighter had shattered parts o vertebrae and severed his spinal cord, leaving him paralyzed from the waist down. You know, i could see the mountains from my hospital room, and i thought theres just no way im going to be able to make it back there. M nay wheelchair. How can you possibly live in the mountains. Reporter but one day, while looking out his hospital window, middleton saw something. It was christian bagg, who had gotten a hospital and was commuting to work on his now entirely functional bike. The next morning i was in rec therapy and i said, hey, kim, theres this amazing bike i saw. , and she h, thats christian. He just works downstairs in the hospital. Ill have to connect you guys. Reporter with the help of a gofundme page, middleton was able to remodel his house, making it wheelchair ready, and to purchase one of Christian Baggs bikes. It when i saw the Sticker Price on the bike, its high. I looked beyond, and theres stumps and roots and grass and rocks, and i sat there and, you know, a tear rolled down my eye. When the bike arrived i put evan on my lp and bombed out the back through the woods over the stum and it was just the most phenomenal feeling. This trail system. This is right behind your house. How often do you come out here. Eve day, evan loves. Bags bikes are still yment. Ucted by hand in his he currently has six ders to fill. Does it still feel strange to be out here . No, it desnt feel strange anymore. I would say, lie, its pretty easy to fall ba id say, like, its pretty easy to fall back into this. Becae its so amazing and its and i think its prettyik natural, for from being a human, wanting and and needing this. You cant overdose on this. Sreenivasan thats all for this edition oekpbs newshour end. Im hari sreenivasan. Thanks for watching. Have a good night. Captioning sponsored by wnet capta ned by mecess group at wgbh access. Wgbh. Org pbs newshour weekend is made possible by bernard and irene schwartz. Sue and Edgar Wachenheim iii. Seton melvin. A the cher Philip Milstein family. Dr. P. Roy vagelos and diana t. Vagelos. The j. P. B. Foundation. Sa nd p. Walter. G arbara hope zuckerberg. Corporate fund provided by mutual of america designing customized individual and Group Retirement product w thats wre your retirement company. 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